History Characters / StarTrekIntoDarkness

** EvilIsNotAToy: Nor should Starfleet hvae tried to manipulate or threaten him.

** EvilIsNotAToy: Nor should Starfleet tried to manipulate or threaten him.

* PetTheDog: Depending on how you look at it, curing Lucille Harewood of her illness could count at this. Granted, Harrison was most likely manipulating her father's desperation to get him to agree to [[spoiler: carry out a terrorist attack]] for him, but even so, surely he could have found someone who would have been far ''easier'' to coerce?

* PetTheDog: Depending on how you look at it, curing Lucille Harewood of her illness could count at this. Granted, Harrison was most likely manipulating her father's desperation to get him to agree to [[spoiler: carry out a terrorist attack]], but even so, surely he could have found someone ''easier'' to coerce?

* [[spoiler:FakeNationality: He's supposed to be North Indian, but is played by a Caucasian Brit. Then again, [[MythologyGag Khan's original actor wasn't Indian either]]]].

* [[spoiler:RaceLift: Went from being played by the brown skinned, Mexican Ricardo Montalban to the white skinned, British Benedict Cumberbatch. Though in all fairness, Khan's character is meant to be Indian, which neither Montalban or Cumberbatch are.]]

** [[spoiler: It is possible that Starfleet gave him an in universe Race Lift to avoid him being identified as Khan.]]

** BadassAbnormal

** TheNeedless: [[InformedAbility he claims]] not to even need ''oxygen'' to survive.
*** He actually meant that [[spoiler: the other Augments on the Enterprise didn't need oxygen because they were locked in sealed stasis tubes.]]

* DrivenToVillainy: [[spoiler:Wants to brutally murder every member of Starfleet as revenge for Admiral Marcus taking his crew hostage.]]
** Averted. [[spoiler: As pointed out by Admiral Marcus as well as in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan and the rest of the crew of Botany Bay were leaders of a tyrannical regime that committed countless acts of genocide and brutality during the Eugenics War before being forced to flee Earth after falling from power. Given these circumstances, his motivation to avenge his "family" is more analogous to a MonsterSobStory (much like his desire to avenge his wife in Star Trek II).]]
** Wouldn't that be closer to a subversion?[[spoiler:The only villainous acts he commits in this movie are due to his need to avenge or rescue his crew, but he was already a villain.]]

* FaceHeelTurn: Went from a decorated member of Starfleet to a terrorist trying to destroy it.

* RogueAgent: Harrison was Starfleet's best agent before a perceived betrayal by his superiors sent him on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* ActorAllusion: Harrison picks up a Series/{{Sherlock}} style greatcoat for the climax.

* [[spoiler:RaceLift: Went from being played by the brown skinned, Mexican Ricardo Montalban to the white skinned, British Benedict Cumberbatch.]]

** Averted. [[spoiler: As pointed out by Admiral Marcus as well as in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan and the rest of the crew of Botany Bay were leaders of a tyrannical regime that committed countless acts of genocide and brutality during the Eugenics War before being forced to flee Earth after falling from power. Given these circumstances, his motivation to avenge his "family" is more analogous to a MonsterSobStory much like his desire to avenge his wife in Star Trek II.]]

** Averted. [[spoiler: As pointed out by Admiral Marcus as well as in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan and the rest of the crew of Botany Bay were leaders of a tyrannical regime that committed countless acts of genocide and brutality during the Eugenics War before being forced to flee Earth after falling from power. Given these circumstances, his motivation to avenge his "family" is more analogous to a MonsterSobStory.]]

** Averted. [[spoiler: As pointed out by Admiral Marcus as well as in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan and the rest of the crew of Botany Bay were leaders of a tyrannical regime that committed countless acts of genocide and brutality during the Eugenics War before they were forced to flee Earth after being driven from power. Given these circumstances, his motivation to avenge his "family" is more analogous to a MonsterSobStory.]]

** Averted. [[spoiler: As pointed out by Admiral Marcus as well as in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan and the rest of the crew of Botany Bay are genetically-enhanced leaders of a tyrannical regime which committed countless acts of genocide and brutality during the Eugenics War before they were forced to flee Earth after being driven from power. Given these circumstances, his motivation to avenge his "family" is more analogous to a MonsterSobStory.]]

** Averted. [[spoiler: As pointed out by Admiral Marcus as well as in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan and the rest of the crew of Botany Bay are genetically-enhanced leaders of a tyrannical regime which committed countless acts of genocide and brutality during the Eugenics War before they were forced to flee Earth after being driven from power. Given these circumstances, he's more of an AssholeVictim.]]

** Averted. [[spoiler: As noted by Admiral Marcus in the film as well as in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed", Khan and the rest of the crew of Botany Bay are genetically-enhanced leaders of a tyrannical regime which committed countless acts of genocide and brutality during the Eugenics War before they were forced to flee Earth after being driven from power. Given these circumstances, he's more of an AssholeVictim.